Since its winter and some of us don't have heated garages,what is the coldest temp in your garage that you have worked in on your race car?I changed the motor in my Camaro last month when it was 25-40 during that week.
Whats too cold to work in garage
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Re: Whats to cold to work in garage
I find I don't need the heat if it's upper 30's. Below that I'll run the heat for a while.
I find I don't need the heat if it's upper 30's. Below that I'll run the heat for a while.
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Same here upper 30's just long sleave shirt, lower than that I fire up the propane heater , thats depending on what I am doing.
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What's heat?? Actually, I can heat my garage, but seldom do. If I've got a job outside that has to be done, it can be 15 below with the wind howling, I'll be out there.
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It all depends on how desperate you are. Racing for points around here starts in early March,and if I have the engtire car ripped apart in Febuary,I will be out there heat or not dropping the engine in,rolling around on the concrete to hook up the trans or whatever it takes. B ut then again I have been strapped into my race car on race day when it was 25 degrees out waiting for the temps to go over 32 so they could start pulling the cars. We are a hardcore bunch out here in the Northeast.
Last week I had friends off work, clear weather, shop space available, and a commercial blaster available....prefect alignment of the stars to tear down my 68 Vert, right?
Not quite....
Little thing called a cold spell here in Western Washington! In my garage, the vert had been top down. The top was too stiff, my son and I could not get the damn thing close enough to latch...so top down. After a late start due to the stubborn top, the heater blower started howling like a banshee...had to turn the blower off...
Yup, 40 minute run to Bonney Lake....temp was 25 degs. People looking at me like I was blue in the face or something....arrival shot
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We then worked three days in temps below freezing stripping the car down. The blaster ended up being non-mission-capable.
Not quite....
Little thing called a cold spell here in Western Washington! In my garage, the vert had been top down. The top was too stiff, my son and I could not get the damn thing close enough to latch...so top down. After a late start due to the stubborn top, the heater blower started howling like a banshee...had to turn the blower off...
Yup, 40 minute run to Bonney Lake....temp was 25 degs. People looking at me like I was blue in the face or something....arrival shot
We then worked three days in temps below freezing stripping the car down. The blaster ended up being non-mission-capable.
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When the thermometer reaches 50 in the garage... it's closed till it gets back to 50 in the Spring.
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Up here you go in to reheat the coffee when a skim of ice forms on the surface.
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It's too cold when everything sticks to your hands, as shown in Doug's Post, #8.
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When your jaw gets numb and ya tawk funny its getting a little cold
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When the dog is stuck to the fire hydrant.
How do you know when it's too cold?
When the beer starts to freeze you know that 5% alcohol ain't enough, so you switch to wine. When the wine starts to freeze you know that 12% just won't cut it so you switch to scotch.:thumbsup:
When the Glenfiddich ices over, you won't care because you're either pickled or suffering from hypothermia.:wacko:
That is when your wife opens up the door to the garage and tells you that it's too danged cold in the garage to work, so get your sorry a$$ in the house.:sad:
Time to go in & wait till the beer thaws out.
Paul :beers:
When the beer starts to freeze you know that 5% alcohol ain't enough, so you switch to wine. When the wine starts to freeze you know that 12% just won't cut it so you switch to scotch.:thumbsup:
When the Glenfiddich ices over, you won't care because you're either pickled or suffering from hypothermia.:wacko:
That is when your wife opens up the door to the garage and tells you that it's too danged cold in the garage to work, so get your sorry a$$ in the house.:sad:
Time to go in & wait till the beer thaws out.
Paul :beers:
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